8:22PM: FIRST SENATE NUMBERS GIVE MENENDEZ LEAD OVER HUGIN

There is a very long way to go, but the very first numbers in the Senate race in New Jersey give the lead to democrat Robert Menendez.  With only a few thousand votes counted, Menendez holds a 16 point lead over Hugin.    This is a figure with less than one percent of the vote counted; no word yet on where these votes came from in New Jersey.